Abstract: Correspondence, writings, notes, testimony, interview transcripts, reports, and printed matter, relating to the Japanese attack
on Pearl Harbor, and to laissez-faire economics.

Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives

Creator:
Greaves, Percy L.

Access

Collection is open for research.

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Biographical/Historical Note

American economist; minority counsel, Joint Congressional Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack, 1945-1946.

Scope and Content of Collection

Percy Greaves was active in the 1946 congressional review of the circumstances and lack of preparedness during the Pearl Harbor
Attacks of 1941. Relating to this matter, Greaves had collected large amounts of evidence regarding the leadup to the attacks
on December 7th, 1941. This evidence includes diplomatic messages between the U.S. and Japan, as well as military documents
such as estimates of Japanese force strengths in the Pacific Ocean Region. Additionally, Greaves was a Laissez Faire economist
and his papers include correspondence and published works pertaining to economic matters such as fiscal and monetary policy
during the cold war era.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

United States. Congress. Joint Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack.